Brit crew member on luxury yacht dies after being 'electrocuted in engine room' of vessel moored in Antigua harbour | OT3D925 | 2024-02-28 19:08:02
Roy Temme, 47, was discovered slumped over and unresponsive aboard the posh vessel Baton Rouge moored in a harbour.
A BRITISH man has died after being electrocuted whereas carrying out work on a yacht in Antigua.
Roy Temme, 47, was discovered slumped over and unresponsive aboard the posh vessel Baton Rouge moored in a harbour.
Temme, who was serving because the Chief Engineer on board the vessel, was confronted with an influence outage whereas the yacht was anchored off the Caribbean island.
In an try and resolve the difficulty, he ventured into the engine area.
But he was later discovered unresponsive by a crew member who went to examine on him.
Police and paramedics have been referred to as to the vessel at eight.30am local time on Friday.
Despite their greatest efforts, he was pronounced lifeless on arrival at the hospital.
A spokesman for the Royal Antigua Police Pressure stated: "A UK nationwide was helped to the primary deck, whereas the Antigua and Barbuda Search and Rescue-ABSAR was referred to as to the scene.&
"He was transported to the hospital the place a physician pronounced him lifeless around 10:19 am."
An area Port official stated officers have been referred to as to stories "of concern for the welfare of a person on board a ship in English Harbour".
The official added: "Speedy Action was wanted after establishing that he didn't look properly.
"The paramedics arrived and did their greatest but sadly he died. He was in his 40s."
The Baton Rouge yacht had been in the& harbour since late January.&
Authorities are conducting additional investigations into Temme's demise.
A spokesman from the port authority stated: "We will probably be making initial enquiries and shall be liaising with the authorities to ensure it's an accident as has been thought.
"We can't say too much more at this stage until we full our investigation."
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